Articles from Vol. 17, No. 2, December

The Trans-Pacific Partnership ('TPP') directs investment tribunals to apply both the TPP itself and 'applicable rules of international law' in resolving disputes. This article addresses two uncertainties that lie behind this seemingly straightforward...

The much-anticipated Environment Chapter of the recently concluded Trans-Pacific Partnership ('TPP) includes provisions prohibiting members from granting certain subsidies to their fisheries industries and calls for the implementation of effective...

We are delighted to introduce this special issue of the Melbourne Journal of International Law ('MJIL') on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement ('TPP'). The special issue developed from fruitful collaboration between MJIL and Melbourne Law School's...

Twenty-one years ago I was sitting in the African NGO Caucus at the 4th World Conference on Women in Beijing, waiting my turn to speak. The NGO representatives at the conference had organised themselves into caucuses to pursue issues of common concern....

The intellectual property (TP') chapter in the Trans-Pacific Partnership ('TPP') was one of the most contentious during negotiations, and remains controversial in signatory countries. This article examines the background to, and content of, the TPP's...

This article provides a critical analysis of the labour clauses in trade agreements, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership ('TPP'). This analysis is based on four dimensions of labour clauses in trade agreements: their purposes, the legal nature...

I PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW Dirdeiry M Ahmed, Boundaries and Secession in Africa and International Law: Challenging Uti Possidetis (Cambridge University Press, 2015) ISBN: 9781107117983 Mattias Ahren, Indigenous Peoples ' Status in the International...

This article discusses the domestic processes adopted by New Zealand in the negotiation and conclusion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership ('TPP'), and how the inadequacies in these processes have contributed to the development of party-specific political...

The purported solution to international mobile roaming charges agreed by negotiators of the Trans-Pacific Partnership ('TPP') has been hailed as one of the key achievements of the telecommunications chapter, and the treaty more broadly, especially...

The Trans-Pacific Partnership ('TPP') was signed in February 2016 by 12 Asia-Pacific economies that already account for 37 per cent of world GDP, including the United States, Japan and Australia. If ratified, economists model significant economic growth...